Airinsight's Podcasts

News came out today that a hedge fund is interested in seeing these two airlines join forces. The fund has a clear view - it wants out - and who can blame them? But what about the rest of the deal? The people, the companies? We think this deal is a non-starter.

Peter Pae is the aerospace correspondent for the LA Times and provides a sometimes funny, but overall great review, of his flight on Singapore Airlines' A380. The plane left him with distinct impressions - it is remarkably quiet and very comfortable. Listeners will especially notice his comments about switching from the new A380 to a new 777-300ER.

The AirInsight team spoke with Airbus' North America Chairman after he delivered a speech today at the Washington DC Press Club. Allan's speech was titled "My Country, My Company, My Competitor". It was a very good speech and he made interesting points.

The AirInsight Team reviews today's Vought analyst call and the impact for further delays in the Boeing 787 program. The need for Boeing to send significant resources to Vought has our team wondering about the downstream implications on further delays - indeed we expect there are likely to be more. And its not just the 787, the 747-8 program might be impacted also.

In a remarkable speech given by Mike Bair, former head of the 787 program, and detailed by Dominic Gates at the Seattle Times (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2003986894_bair01.html) you get to hear language you might not have expected to hear from Boeing. It was a tough speech and will throw buckets of cold water on many firms in the 787 supply chain. This was no the usual "rah rah 787" speech. The Air Insight team gives its take on what this may mean for Boeing, its suppliers and the 787 program.

Post Boeing's conference call on the 787 delay, Richard Aboulafia and Addison Schonland review the call.

The AirInsight team speaks with Richard Aboulafia about the just announced delay in the 787 program.

Ernie Arvai discusses the issues facing SAS and Bombardier with the grounding of the Q400 turboprop. Bombardier told airlines to ground 60 of its Q400s.

Unfortunately our regular podcast solution collapsed on us today and we had to resort to telephone conferencing. The sound is not what we typically produce - our apologies. Ernie Arvai discusses air fares and the softening of these looking forward, particularly in the North Atlantic market. Scott Hamilton reviews the new life in the Boeing 757 and 767 programs, the impact of which is being in the cargo market. Addison Schonland reviews the US DOT on-time data, finding some unpleasant surprises in terms of total "wasted" hours.

Ernie Arvai, Scott Hamilton and Addison Schonland discuss the Boeing conference call on September 5, 2007